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A-listers flock to Wilde Oscar shindig for Irish writing celebration.(NEWS)

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From: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Date: 20070224
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Byline: Sophie Gorman in Los Angeles

THE Irish have been stealing a head start on the Oscars this week thanks to our own Oscar, Wilde that is.

As the rain poured down outside LA's Wiltshire Ebell Theatre on Thursday night, the A-list celebrities poured in for the US-Ireland Alliance's second annual ''Oscar Wilde: Honoring Irish Writing in Film'' party.

While the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre was being spring-cleaned for that certain award ceremony tomorrow night, a suitably green one was unfurled to welcome the much more relaxed crowd.

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